| gastric ulceration associated with larval nematodes (anisakis sp. type i) in pen reared green turtles (chelonia mydas) from torres strait. | during turtle farming operations in torres strait, green turtles (chelonia mydas) penned on murray island became infected with a larval nematode (anisakis sp. type i). the larvae were found associated with haemorrhagic ulcers in the pyloroduodenal junction of the alimentary tract. the apparent source of infection was a locally abundant sardine (harengula ovalis), on which the murray island turtles were fed. turtles held on other islands in the region were not fed sardines and remained uninfected ... | 1982 | 7097868 |